February 4, 2021
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TODAY’S COLUMNS:
Scott takes a look at the New Orleans Saints QB situation
Dennis provides his thoughts on a female referee in the Super Bowl
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS
Stop. Just stop. The Saints are not going to get Deshaun Watson or any of the other top quarterbacks available.
The Rams just showed that the price is too steep. There are teams that will give up a crazy amount to get a top player. The Saints, except for the Jim Finks era, of the 20th century would have sold their whole team for one player. Not this regime.
Loomis and Payton know they have put together a good roster. They are not going to get swindled over a deal for one player, even if it is a top quarterback.
In order for the Saints to trade for a quarterback, they either need to give up a top player and some draft picks or a load of draft picks. The Saints are not against giving up draft picks for a player, but the Saints don’t have draft picks that other teams want for a top quarterback. As for giving up players, the Saints would have to give Kamara, Thomas, or Lattimore or Ramczyk (after signing them) and a draft pick. That is not happening.
As for the top free agent quarterbacks, the Saints do not have the cap room to get Dak Prescott. Someone will overpay for Trubisky, and the Saints will not do that. Who else is available that is a better option than Taysom Hill or Jameis Winston?
Saints fans might want better options, but those simply do not exist. Even if you believe other players are better, I guarantee the Saints will choose the player they know over the player they don’t know.
Taysom Hill is under contract and that is where the Saints will turn first. I suspect Jameis Winston will be able to get a better contract than the Saints can offer somewhere else. I am extremely confident that the Saints will choose to wait and see. If the market dries up before Jameis gets a deal from someone else, and the Saints do not select a quarterback, I am sure they will be happy to get Jameis back. I just don’t think that things will work out that way.
The draft is where I expect the Saints to make their move. We know how little the Saints value future draft picks. The question is whether the Saints really like one of the top quarterbacks. The top tier of Lawrence, Fields, Wilson, and Lance are likely out of the Saints reach. That leaves the second tier of Trask and Jones.
Personally, I don’t see a difference between Wilson, Lance, Jones, and Trask. Wilson and Lance have not shown their ability against top competition. Jones and Trask had superior talent around them and did not show the ability to make plays on their own or from adverse circumstances.
So just stop reading anything that has the Saints making a big move for a quarterback because it simply is not going to happen.
HEY REF
Once again the NFL is bowing down to the Politically Correct Police. It’s something of a shocker almost as the NFL has assigned its only female official to work on the field as a member of the crew for the upcoming Super Bowl AFTER JUST SEVEN YEARS IN THE LEAGUE. Sarah Thomas who just completed her seventh season calling NFL games will work as the DOWN JUDGE for Super Bowl LV. Everybody should be aware of the double standard that’s in play when the subject is Sarah Thomas.
First came the re-naming of the position she’ll be working from Headlinesman to Down Judge. The reasoning given by the NFL is they feel “Headlinesman” is too gender specific and it needed to be changed to include a wider range of candidates. So, the re-naming was done to include more female officials. There are 123 male officials and just ONE FEMALE OFFICIAL and the NFL didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feeling.
Then the NFL decided last summer to allow its only female official to let her four foot pony tail to be released from under her hat and flow in the wind as it may. But here’s the real reason why the NFL “decided to let Sarah choose how she wanted to wear her hair. When cornered on the subject of female officials the main office had many letters wondering where this female official was. So in order to satisfy these individuals the NFL bowed down and re-wrote the rule on how officials are to look while doing their duties. You’ll notice the dress code on how officials will wear their locks are the same as they’ve been for a few hundred years EXCEPT; If the official is a woman she’ll have the option to let it flow or look like the rest of the crew. A female official will be allowed to keep her hair under her cap or hanging out from under the hat to her waist or longer if she wants. Male officials will have no option on how they’ll wear their hair and continue to keep the hair above the ears, etc. The reason why male officials must keep their hair groomed is (are you ready for this?) in order to look PROFESSIONAL!
The NFL is sitting on pins and needles she won’t be involved in any calls that’ll swing the game from one team to another. Judging on what I’ve seen of her work this is the biggest gamble ever played by what was once a professional sport. I don’t want anyone to guess where I stand on this issue but there’s only one place for a female on a football field and that is a member of the chain gang. What makes this decision so hard to understand is the fact Ms. Thomas has just 7 years’ experience. To be a varsity high school official you should have a minimum ten years under your belt to be considered for better games.
It’s a sign of the times we live in. You can be exploited for good or bad since the only thing that matters is how does it look. No more should hard work be part of getting better games. It seems more and more decisions are being made on how it looks and not how good a candidate is. And as I’ve said before if hiring female officials were part of a new trend in the NFL then they’d have more female officials in the NFL by now. And since this is black history month I must ask “why hasn’t the NFL hired at least one black female official”? Simple answer the NFL hasn’t been hounded to hire one.
But at the end of the day Sarah Thomas doesn’t belong in the NFL nor does she warrant the assignment of a Super Bowl. There are least 100 better qualified MALE officials the NFL should’ve placed in this game. So enjoy watching a 2021 train wreck, SUPER BOWL 55… …
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